diff --git a/sys/security/audit/audit.c b/sys/security/audit/audit.c
index c00ddc126f5a..0ad6b208725d 100644
--- a/sys/security/audit/audit.c
+++ b/sys/security/audit/audit.c
@@ -103,7 +103,7 @@ int			audit_trail_suspended;
 #ifdef KDTRACE_HOOKS
 u_int			audit_dtrace_enabled;
 #endif
-int __read_frequently	audit_syscalls_enabled;
+bool __read_frequently	audit_syscalls_enabled;
 
 /*
  * Flags controlling behavior in low storage situations.  Should we panic if
@@ -216,13 +216,13 @@ audit_syscalls_enabled_update(void)
 	mtx_lock(&audit_mtx);
 #ifdef KDTRACE_HOOKS
 	if (audit_dtrace_enabled)
-		audit_syscalls_enabled = 1;
+		audit_syscalls_enabled = true;
 	else {
 #endif
 		if (audit_trail_enabled && !audit_trail_suspended)
-			audit_syscalls_enabled = 1;
+			audit_syscalls_enabled = true;
 		else
-			audit_syscalls_enabled = 0;
+			audit_syscalls_enabled = false;
 #ifdef KDTRACE_HOOKS
 	}
 #endif
@@ -336,7 +336,7 @@ audit_init(void)
 
 	audit_trail_enabled = 0;
 	audit_trail_suspended = 0;
-	audit_syscalls_enabled = 0;
+	audit_syscalls_enabled = false;
 	audit_panic_on_write_fail = 0;
 	audit_fail_stop = 0;
 	audit_in_failure = 0;
diff --git a/sys/security/audit/audit.h b/sys/security/audit/audit.h
index 2e47b8c4bf48..2ba6935a8605 100644
--- a/sys/security/audit/audit.h
+++ b/sys/security/audit/audit.h
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@
 extern u_int	audit_dtrace_enabled;
 extern int	audit_trail_enabled;
 extern int	audit_trail_suspended;
-extern int	audit_syscalls_enabled;
+extern bool	audit_syscalls_enabled;
 
 void	 audit_syscall_enter(unsigned short code, struct thread *td);
 void	 audit_syscall_exit(int error, struct thread *td);